The Pacific Islands in BritainSaturday 2 December, 14.00–20.00 BP Lecture Theatre Talks, demonstrations and performances by Pacific Islands artists and cultural groups followed by performances. In partnership with the Pacific Islands Society of the UK and Ireland (PISUKI).

Each day: £18, concessions & members of PISUKI £12 For further information email pacific.conference@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Convened by the British Museum and Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, University of East Anglia

**Pacific Islands Day**

Saturday 4 November, 12.00–16.00Great CourtA day of celebration of the best of Pacific art and culture including sculpture with George Nuku, storytelling, performance and craft demonstrations. Events in Room 5.

The Shark God: encounters with myth and magic in the South PacificThursday 9 November, 13.30Stevenson Lecture Theatre Award-winning journalist Charles Montgomery explores how myths are born in his new book, The Shark God, with spectacular photos and stories from his South Pacific expedition.

Admission free, booking required

Taboo and the WestThursday 23 November, 18.30BP Lecture TheatreA panel of art historians, anthropologists and psychoanalysts will discuss the relationship between Modernist art and Pacific art, and the way the concept of taboo has been treated in Western thinking. In partnership with the London Review of Books.

£5, concessions £3

Contemporary Polynesian performances and cultural identityMonday 4 December, 13.30BP Lecture TheatreAdrienne L Kaeppler, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, looks at the importance of performance to the cultural life of the Polynesians, focusing on the Pacific Festivals of Art held every four years in the Pacific Islands.

Admission free, booking required

Power & Taboo: drawing in the exhibitionFriday 8 December, 11.00–14.30Studio, Clore Education Centre The Polynesian collections of the Museum have had a continuing influence on both indigenous and Western-trained artists, including Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso. Participants in this workshop will be able to follow in this tradition by handling objects and drawing in the exhibition.

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